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Cazzle's Blurty:
| Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 | |
| 9:59 am | Updates! 1) I bought my wedding dress! (Well, I bought half of it, so far, anyway.) We found a sale at a wedding shop near my mum's house. I am SO THRILLED with it, partly beacause it's lovely, and partly because it means I can now start planning, well, everything else. I am trying to find a picture! 2) My mum's neighbour gave me a spray tan yesterday. The result is.... not amazing. A good deal of it did come off in the shower (and in the bath this morning) but my face is still darker than my legs. On the plus side, at least I appear marginally less anaemic now. Score! 3) I'm back in Durham and the weather has finally decided to catchup with the "heatwave" thing, except I have just been hearing thunder. Piss off, North East weather. 4) We have new neighbours! To one side, anyway. They are three students, Chinese kids who are studying at Aidan's. They were delighted by my bunnies, who were hopping around in the garden (as is their wont). I said hello and we chatted a little bit, and they said they're going home for the summer, but will be back at the end of September/beginning of October. Awww. |
| Monday, June 15th, 2009 | |
| 4:11 pm | Good things, bad things. Good thing: I am going to London tomorrow to see Christine! Bad thing: I have a chest infection. Hoorah. Good thing: I have manuka honey, which has magical antibacterial properties. Bad thing: I can't get actual antibiotics because I can't get a doctor's appointment this week. Good thing: I AM GOING TO LONDON TOMORROW :-D Bad thing: I AM NOT THERE NOW. Feel free to add your own, y'all! Current Mood:  excited |
| Wednesday, June 10th, 2009 | |
| 4:02 pm | Wiped out. So last night, shortly after leaving the house for training, Matt rang me from the rowing club. ( So he said ) Current Mood:  exhausted |
| Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 | |
| 11:06 am | Bits and bobs. 1) I've just found out the new children's laureate has been announced! Wonderful news, I love Anthony Browne. Let's see what he does for picture books over the next two years... 2) I went to Hobbycraft today for a ball of cotton to finish off this blanket.... to discover there was NONE LEFT in the same colour. Shit. I eventually went for some Rowan Purelife cotton which is in a very similar shade, but it's not exact. Gaah. (It's ok, it's only a baby blanket, the baby isn't going to notice or care.) 3) Today I finished Rebel Angels by Libba Bray. It was a lot of fun - despite the few bits of language that were very out of place, which was a little distracting - and I can't wait for the final part of the trilogy to come in for me. |
| Monday, June 8th, 2009 | |
| 8:12 am | I'm so ashamed to be from the North-West today. For once, I actually agree with David Cameron about something. On the plus side, I've just found this article. Which helps. Current Mood:  depressed |
| Saturday, June 6th, 2009 | |
| 5:18 pm | Bah. I'm severely hormonal right now, so I feel a bit lousy. I feel greasy and spotty and weary, my boobs hurt, my back hurts, and I'd like to sleep for a few days. My work trousers have vanished from the face of the earth so I'm in my new pair, which are Far Too Long and I can only wear with three inch heels. It improves my posture no end, and I feel much more ladylike and less scruffy, but FUCK were my little feet sore after work today. Still, tomorrow is day 8 of an 8-day-stretch, and it should be reasonably quiet. I'll probably spend most of Monday (and maybe Tuesday) asleep, too. Hurrah! Tonight we ended up going to an impromtu gig which was muchos fun. I like spontaneous nights out but dear god am I ready for my bed! Current Mood:  sleepy |
| Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 | |
| 11:13 pm | Book meme! Found this here! Feel free to have a go, it's fun... ( Cut because it's a bit long. ) Current Mood:  chipper |
| Monday, May 25th, 2009 | |
| 11:38 am | Obligatory Susan Boyle post So! Britain's Got Talent semi-finals, round one. ( Cut for those who couldn't give a crap ) Current Mood:  indifferent |
| Thursday, May 14th, 2009 | |
| 1:52 pm | Three words: Best. Trailer. EVER. I'm off work for three whole days! Yaaaaay! And I'm seeing WDers on Saturday! YAAAAAY!! Current Mood: chipper |
| Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 | |
| 3:00 pm | Happy day! I'm in a surprisingly good mood, mostly because: a) Storytime went really well today. We had just the right mixture of songs, rhymes and stories, and the kids were really paying attention. (Hurrah!) At the end, we did The Very Hungry Caterpillar, with our fabulous prop (which has all the food, and the kids come up and feed to the caterpillar), and at the end I gave them all STICKERS :-D I scrounged from the marketing department at Puffin. (I sent an email and got a lovely reply from a lass in their marketing department, who also sent me some posters and loads of sheets of stickers. Rock!) b) I'm going to be a Summer Reading Challenge coach again! I was a "librarian coach" last year, when the Challenge was sport themed. This year it's called Questseekers and it's a fantasy/adventure theme. The website will have a Talking Tree, and the kids have to ask the Tree Folk (librarians!) for reading advice. CAN YOU GET ANY MORE RIDICULOUSLY TWEE? I THINK NOT. c) Xan's presents arrived! And he loves them! I think that one speaks for itself. d) Tomorrow is my last day at work before I am SEEING WDERS!!! SQUEEE! Current Mood: jubilant |
| Sunday, May 3rd, 2009 | |
| 5:49 pm | Stuff Just got back from Coraline, which was hugely enjoyable. And OMG!the TINY KNITTED THINGS! Of course I am now dying to make a full-size version of the gloves from the movie. Been a good weekend so far, if very lazy. I'm excited to be off tomorrow; we are planning on going for a picnic if the weather holds. Hurrah! Current Mood: sleepy |
| Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 | |
| 10:02 am | I'm a douche. Guess who drove all the way to Hobbycraft, then spent 40 minutes choosing the right wool, only to discover at the till that she was sans debit card? D'oh. (It wasn't lost, thank crap - I left it on my desk after using it to buy train tickets for Amanda's!) Current Mood:  amused |
| Friday, April 24th, 2009 | |
| 1:05 pm | Good news! The automatic doors at work are finally fixed! (They broke on March 14th.) I'm especially pleased because I'll be first in on Sunday, so I can open up as usual. Whee! In other work-related news, long day, got some stuff done, blah blah blah. Today I also discovered I've been put forward for a storytelling course (!!!) in September, about which I'm massively excited. My uni friend Olly is coming down to visit this weekend, which also pleases me. I need to do a few bits and bobs before he arrives, but right now there is a bath ready, calling my name. Aaaahhhh. In even better news still, today is Christine's birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ELFIE. xxx Enjoy your weekends, you lucky weekday-working types! ;) (p.s. in other news, ALL DAY I have had in my head "Her name was Flora, she was a show-bun...") Current Mood: chipper |
| Thursday, April 16th, 2009 | |
| 3:04 am | Holy shit. Now, I don't watch Britain's Got Talent, but this woman? IS AMAZING. SRSLY, GO AND WATCH THAT CLIP. Now I am going to have Les Mis in my head all day. :) Current Mood:  impressed |
| Friday, April 10th, 2009 | |
| 12:44 pm | EPIC FANGIRL SQUEE SCROLL DOWN :-D :-D :-D Well I know what I'm doing tomorrow morning- if I can get my mother to shut up for three hours, that is. (She's coming to stay. She'll be here tonight. This is good in theory but may not work so well in practice.) Red Dwarf airs tonight on Dave, but since we don't have a digi box, I suppose I'll have to download it at some point over the weekend. I am expecting something quite silly and fun. Also, I (obviously!) can't wait for tomorrow night. It's going to be SO MUCH FUN :-D Enjoy your Good Friday, lieblings! Current Mood: chipper |
| Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 | |
| 2:34 pm | Of weddings and things. So the wedding went really well! We found the hotel fine, we found the venue fine, the weather was fab, and the food was AMAZING. The only mishap was very minor; I'd pinned the skirt in 4 places so it would actually sit on my waist, and during the dancing, one of the safety pins decided to unwork itself and stab me in the back. OW. That aside, the whole weekend was really lovely! (And I totally stole some good ideas.) I have ended up drinking for the last 4 nights, so I am sure my liver will kill me if I think about opening any more wine tonight. On Sunday we drank the fabulous and amazing quince schnapps we brought back from Germany, (CHRISTINE PLZ BRING MOAR) and last night I was out with ex-pub folk. I was amused to discover that everyone, bar about 3 people, have moved from Lloyds and defected to the actual Wetherspoons on the other side of town, which is about a fifth the size. HAHAHAH. Also! I was walking to the pub last night and I passed some chav girls, who were maybe about 15. I was wearing my fabulous coat and a black corduroy-effect fedora, black slim leg jeans, and my fabby new heels. As I passed them, the furthest away one drawled "Eeeh, she looks French." It took a few seconds to realise they were talking about me, but when it sank in I whipped around so fast I almost fell off my heels. WHAT?! Seriously... what the crapsticks?! I don't even know how to take that!! Crazy little things. I'm working tomorrow and Thursday, then we are closed Friday till Monday. WHOO! Since I don't work Tuesdays, and I work alternate Wednesdays, I will be on holiday for FIVE DAYS :-D (It's very good because I have tons to do, including working on a few exhibits for an art show. It's called "The Happiest Show on Earth" so it's totally up my street, obv.) In other news, my work friend sent me this, which amused me reatly. Oh, Unshelved,never stop being so right. ;) Current Mood: chipper |
| Friday, April 3rd, 2009 | |
| 10:17 am | Flotsam and jetsam. (Which are Neopets species, too.) 1) I have bought a skirt for tomorrow's wedding which doesn't make me look 300 feet wide. (The one I was intending to wear, in my wardrobe... really does. It's such a pity, because it's a lovely skirt, but it just doesn't suit my shape.) 2) Cleolinda, of "Movies in 15 minutes" fame, has a series on her LJ called The Secret Life of Dolls, which chronicles the exploits on her shelf of collector's dolls. She is obviously now fangirling me, which made me unduly excited. ;op 3) At the beginning of May, my friend is opening an art exhibition called "The Happiest Show on Earth". Basically it's anything cute and fluffy and sickly sweet. :-D I'm making a custom MLP for the show, and I am also knitting THIS. It's fabulous. (I'm not wasting good merino on it, though - I'm using a massive ball of acrylic I acquired from my mum's old stash.) 4) It's almost the 5th birthday of the little boy I babysit. I was wandering about in TK Maxx today and I stumbled across the most perfect present ever for him. And it was less than half price! I'm so pleased with myself. 5) I had my hair cut! FINALLY. No photos yet but I'm sure there will be plenty after the wedding. 6) It was the last Chatterbooks yesterday, for this set of kids. We had a quiz and played Pass the Parcel, which went down extremely well. The last forfeit was "Pretend to be a chicken with its bottom on fire" and I they thought that was HILARIOUS. For the last ten minutes we played outside in the story garden, then I gave them each a pink cupcake and sent them off home. And! One of them brought me an Easter egg! I was so touched. 7) I'm going now, because we're aiming to leave at 6. To which I can only say, HAHAHAHAHAHA. Current Mood: cheerful |
| Thursday, April 2nd, 2009 | |
| 6:17 pm | AMY THIS ENTRY IS JUST FOR YOU. Because I can't reply normally. PROSODY IS ONE OF MY FAVOURITES. :-D I bet you picked it up at uni, you crazy linguist, you. THAT IS ALL. xxx |
| Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 | |
| 11:17 am | Y HALLO THAR! By the way, I'm in Germany. WITH CHRISTINE!!! Who's jealous?! :-D Current Mood: excited |
| Sunday, March 22nd, 2009 | |
| 6:46 pm | Well. The only things I haven't done so far are: * Tidy my desk * Clean my desk * Wash my hair I will probably skip tidying the desk - the PC is accessible, so the piles of junk can stay. The rest I'll do in the morning. You know, BEFORE I FLY TO GERMANY TO SEE CHRISTINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Current Mood:  ecstatic |
